Holder for cigars, cigarettes, and the like.



F. A. CERRUTI. HOLDER FOR CIGARS, CIGARETTES, AND THE LIKE.

' APPLICATION FILED mu: 24. ms.

1,241,820. Patented 00. 2,1917.

] nvewtoz .C'err Zi $1, 216 6114 0114 6% FRANK A. CERRUTI, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HOLDER r03 CIGARS, CIGARETTES, Aim THE LIKE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK A. CERRUTI, a citizen of the United States, residing in the borough and county of Bronx, in the city and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Holders for Cigars, Cigarettes, and the like, of which the followin is a specification.

This invention relates to holders for cigars, cigarettes and the like, and it is the object of the invention to provide a holder of this character having a mouth-piece and an opening for the engagement of the cigar,

cigarette, or the like, with means to inclose the cigar or' cigarette to prevent ashes or sparks from falling or being blown onto the clothes or into the eyes of the smoker, and at the same time permit the access of air to said means to permit of proper combus tion and smoking of the cigar or cigarette, and to provide a holder of this character which is particularly adapted for automobiling to prevent the blowing of ashes and sparks onto occupants in the rear seat of an automobile when the same is in motion.

In the drawing accompanying and forming a part of this specification Figure 1 is a longitudinal view, partly in section of a holder showing an embodiment of my invention; and

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view of the holder shown in Fig. 1.

Similar characters of reference designate like parts throughout the different views of the drawing.

The embodiment of my invention illustrated in the drawing consists of a stem (designated in a general way by 6) having a longitudinal perforation or opening 7 with an enlargement, as at 8, at one end for the engagement of a cigar, cigarette or the like 9, and a mouth-piece 10 at the opposite end.

To prevent ashes and sparks from falling or bein blown from the cigar or cigarette as it is being consumed in smoking, I provide an elongated receptacle having an opening at one endto permit of the engagement of the cigar or cigarette therein and the connection of the receptacle to the stem. To pprmit of readv combustion during the smo 'ng of the cigar or cigarette, this rece tacle is provided with small openings which are referably located in the lateral or side walFor walls of the receptacle.

The receptacle comprises hingedly connect- Speciflcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 2, 1917.

Application filed June 24, 1916. I eria1 No. 105,563.

ed sections 11, shown as two in number, hingedly connected at one longitudinal edge, as at 15, whereby the receptacle may be readily opened for the insertion of the cigar or cigarette into the stem and the inclosing of the same by the rcce tacle, the sections being retained in OlOSGC position by a resilient or spring lip 16 formed on one of the sections cooperating with a recess or notch 17 formed on the other section. The receptacle is also provided with perforations 14' for the purpose specified. The receptacle is adapted to be connected to the stem as the sections are moved to closed'position and removable from the stem when the sections are moved to open position, for which purpose the stem has an annular head 18 which is adapted to engage in recesses in the sections forming an annular recess 19 in the receptacle sections when in closed position. From the foregoing description it will bereadily obvious that the stem 6 can be used as a holder for cigars or ciga- Eettes without the inclosing receptacle there- The stem 6 may be made of any suitable material, such as amber, vulcanite, 0r brier root, and the receptacle is made of a suitable non-inflammable material,such as brier root, or metal.

Having thus described my invention 1 1. In a holder for cigars, cigarettes and the like, the combination of a pair of hingedly connected perforated sections, said sections being so formed that when in closed position they will form an elongated tubular receptacle closed at one end and open at the opposite end, and a stem to engage in the open end of the receptacle adapted to support and carry a cigar or cigarette, and said stem and receptacle sections having means integral therewith cooperating to connect the receptacle to the stem as the receptacle sections are moved to'closcd position and removable from the stem when the sections are .moved to open position.

2. In a holder for cigars, cigarettes and the like, the combination of a stem having a mouth-piece at one end and adapted for the engagement of a cigar or cigarette to hold the same, an annular bead at the end of the stem opposite to the mouth-piece, and hin edly connected perforated sections arranged to provide an elongated tubular receptacle when in c1ose 1 position with one end of the receptacle closed and an opening in the op-' posite end in which the stem is adapted to engage and each section having a recess to provide an annular recess adjacent the open end of the sections when in closed position for the engagement of the annular bead 0n neeneeo the stem to connect the receptacle to the stem as the receptacle sections are moved to FRANK A. GERRUTI.

Copies of this patent may me-obtained for five cents 95x11, by addressing the commissioner'of.Patents,

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